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Canon-McMillan and Peters Township girls basketball teams head east for PIAA Basketball quarterfinal games Friday & Saturday. Friday, the 6A Big Macs will take on District 3 runner-up Dallastown at Altoona. Canon-Mac has never reached this level in girls basketball. Dallastown has only been this far once before.  Peters Township travels to Pitt-Johnstown Saturday afternoon to face District 3 champion York Suburban. The Indians are driving for a second straight semifinals appearance. The Trojans have never reached the quarterfinals.  We’ll have both games on WJPA-FM (95.3), online and we’re producing the NFHS Network video.   Watch/Listen Here   PIAA Brackets

PIAA Quarterfinals
Friday, Mar. 13 (PIAA District – finish)
6A Girls 7-1 Canon-McMillan vs. 3-2 Dallastown, 6:15 pm at Altoona, WJPA-FM (95.3)  Watch/Listen Here

Saturday, Mar. 14 (PIAA District – finish)
5A Girls 7-4 Peters Township vs. 3-1 York Suburban, 3:15 pm at Pitt-Johnstown, WJPA-FM (95.3)  Watch/Listen Here

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday night. Vegas, which had lost six of seven, snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the Pacific Division. With Edmonton losing 7-2 in Dallas earlier in the night, the Golden Knights moved into sole possession of second place. The Penguins remained tied with the New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division. Clinging to a 3-2 lead after the first two periods, the Golden Knights scored twice on their first four shots of the third on goals from Dorofeyev and Jack Eichel to pull away. Dorofeyev has a career-high 54 points, two more than last season.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have signed Kyler Murray. They focused their latest quarterback search on the first overall pick from the 2019 NFL draft who was just released by the Arizona Cardinals. Murray visited Vikings headquarters before agreeing to join them just one day after being cut by the Cardinals. Arizona owes him $36.8 million in guaranteed salary this season. The Vikings have been seeking a challenger or replacement for J.J. McCarthy. Murray has an AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, two Pro Bowl selections and a 67% career completion percentage.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sepp Straka kept getting into trouble and saving pars. And then he chipped in for eagle late in his round at The Players Championship for a 67 and a share of the lead when he left the TPC Sawgrass. Austin Smotherman has a 15-foot birdie putt in the morning to take the lead. It was too dark to continue. Rory McIlroy’s back wasn’t a problem as he made it to the first tee. Collin Morikawa experienced back pain on his second hole and had to withdraw. There was plenty of drama, but only an even-par 72 for Scottie Scheffler.